The Role of Situational Factors in Child-to-Parent Abuse: Implications for Assessment, Management, and Intervention.

Situational factors are relevant to the initiation and maintenance of violent behavior yet are infrequently examined in relation to family violence. Content analysis was used to conduct an inductive thematic analysis of police narratives to identify and quantify the occurrence of situational factors among Australian young people (10-24 years) reported to police for using violence toward a parent ( = 82). Descriptive information about demographics (e.